Re: [docbook] Blank Spaces in HTML

You could also insert a <literallayout> element with an
arbitrary number of blank lines.  They will be preserved
in the output as an empty <pre>.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises



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Subject: Re: [docbook] Blank Spaces in HTML


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> I'm converting my XML into HTML Help. But on certain topics, I want extra
> space between certain lines. But from what you're saying, it sounds like
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> I insert <para>&nbsp</para> into my xml document, that that will do the
> trick. Can it be that simple?
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>                       07/10/2003 03:44         Subject:  Re: [docbook]
Blank Spaces in HTML
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> You know how in HTML you can use <p>&nbsp</p> to add a space between lines
> of text? Is there any way to do this in XML?
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> Thanks.
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> JB
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> JB,
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> In XML, there really isn't a "blank line" because XML by itself is usually
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> a presentation format. As it's used in DocBook, it's content, not
> presentation.
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> With that disclaimer out of the way, if you're generating XSL-FO to create
> a PDF,
> you can insert a line break with the Unicode &#xD;
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> If you're generating HTML you can insert the very text you cited for a
> blank line.
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> What exactly are you trying to do with the XML that makes you want a blank
> line? Knowing that might make it easier to help.
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>  Joe
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